springald (plural springalds)
(now rare, archaic) A youth; a young man, a stripling.
springald (plural springalds)
(historical) An ancient military engine for launching stones and arrows by means of a spring.
Coordinate terms: ballista, catapult
• Spradling, grid plans
Source: Wiktionary
Spring"al, Spring"ald, Spring"all, a. Etym: [Scot. springald, springel, fr. Scot. & E. spring.]
Definition: An active, springly young man. [Obs.] "There came two springals of full tender years." Spenser. Joseph, when he was sold to Potiphar, that great man, was a fair young springall. Latimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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